#DCB8EE#DCB8EE

#DCB8EE is a very light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.083 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8EE
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, 22.51, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 31.49, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% 0.0583 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.083 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0859, 55.6705, 88.3471)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8EE #CAEEB8

analogous

#C1B8EE #DCB8EE #EEB8E5

triadic

#DCB8EE #EEDCB8 #B8EEDC

tetradic

#DCB8EE #EEC1B8 #CAEEB8 #B8E5EE

square

#DCB8EE #EEC1B8 #CAEEB8 #B8E5EE

split-complementary

#DCB8EE #E5EEB8 #B8EEC1

monochromatic

#AB55D6 #C487E2 #DCB8EE #F3E6F9 #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DCB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8EE

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8EE	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.083 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdf3',
    500: '#dcb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8ee;
$custom-light: #e7cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8EE

secondary

#98CC7E

accent

#C91C56

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFAFE

border

#D5D3D6

text

#161317

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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